Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-05-28

| ne ~ Sooo Ior nolnlnS except IN the
wild state, to which he is adapted. The
skillful breeder has developed an op.
posite set of qualities, early maturity
and tendency to fatten easily. He has
done this by taking from the pig fol-
many generations all trouble or care
about his shelter OF subsistence. The
result is breed to which good shelter
and plenty of feed at all times are
especially necessary, and without
which they may not thrive so we'll as
those hogs less carefully bred.
SOWING HEAVY SEED.
For all kinds of grain the heaviest
seed that can be obtained will produce
the best results. In fact, with Spring
grain, oats or barley, sowing plump.
large seed is a necessity, to prevent it
from running out in our hot, dry eli
mate. In many localities seed oats
have to be renewed every few years
by importations from Europe. our ma
tive kinds deteriorating so rapidly.
This depreciation of quality and yield
may be prevented by thorough grading
of seed. rejecting all except the larg-
est and heaviest Not so much of
this graded grain will be required to
seed an acre, for the reason that every
kernel will produce strong plant,
while with ungraded seed much will
not grow, or if it does. will only be in
the way of that which should make
the crop. If in any event we set our
produce from ope-half, and often from
less. of the seed sown. what object
can there be in literally throwing away
the remainder? The light grain
thrown out in grading seed is worth
more as feed than for anything else.
SEEDING WITH OATS.
There is a general belief among farm
ers that oats are not so good to seed
with as other grains. For one reason
they are sown later and on poorer land
than Spring wheat or barley. The oat
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other, and its seed is often covered
with clods not mellowed down as would
be deemed necessary for other grains.
1t also remains on the ground one to
three weeks longer than barley sown
at the same time, and the later growth
comes at the most trying time for young
clover or timothy. The farmers who
seed with oats generally lack faith, and
do not lavish their seed so literally as
hose who sow other grains. Unless a
man has faith and hope in what he is
doing it is scarcely possible for him to
10 anything well. Sow at least a peck
Of clover seed if sown alone, or six
quarts of timothy seed is also sown,
and seeding with oats will almost GER
tainly be a success. The probability
hat some grass seed will fail with this
crop is surely no reason for seeding
more sparingly with it than with others.
CORNsTALKs IN SPRING.
There is little value in dried corn
stalks late in the season, especially
when they have been kept dry through
Winter. The repeated freezing to
which our winter climate subjects them
lrives out all the natural juices of the
liant. leaving little except woody fibre.
Carly in the season they are better feed.
md it is therefore advisable TO feed
arly. reserving fodder which deterior.
ties less until late in the season. When
spring approaches stock begins to
anker after fresh feed, and will not
at stalks so readily as either hay or
traw. Where many are left on hand
n the Spring, it may be worth while to
eep them over sometimes, though they
re such refuge for rat and mice
hat generally as good use as can be
nade is to throw them out as mulch
Or some trees that are not TO be plow-
d around during the Summer. Whole
orn stalks lying loose are very hard to
over with a plow, and they decay
lowly in dry land during Summer,
aving a tendency to make the land
ryer than ever. Burning old corn
talks loses all their value. except for
ne small amount of ashes they con-
lin, and should not be adopted until
ley have served one seasons use as
lulch. BY this time much of its sub
.ance will be dissolved by rains and
arried into the soil.-American CuIti-
ator.